Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume....  Read More >>

The first book-length study examining how the Shakespearean theatre shaped attitudes about primogeniture, one of...  Read More >>

The version of As you like it and the corresponding footnotes that appear in this volume were originally published...  Read More >>

An international team of scholars offers: modernized, easily accessible texts; ample but unobtrusive academic guidance;...  Read More >>

Twelfth Night, or What You Will, is a comedy by: William Shakespeare. believed to have been written around 1601-1602....  Read More >>

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The Tragedy of Macbeth, King of Scotland is a tragedy by: William Shakespeare. It dramatises the damaging physical...  Read More >>

The Winter's Tale is a play by: William Shakespeare. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623.  Read More >>

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by: William Shakespeare. believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592....  Read More >>

The Tempest is a play by: William Shakespeare. believed to have been written in 1610-1611, and thought by many critics...  Read More >>

This comedic play, written by William Shakespeare in the middle of his career, and first published in 1623, is a...  Read More >>

""This analysis of primary documents allows readers to understand Shakespeare's tragedies within the context of...  Read More >>

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's magnificent tragedy of love,...  Read More >>

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Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. By means of noting Benedick and Beatrice are tricked...  Read More >>

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The portrait of a monarchy in crisis, this historical drama concerns the ruler's efforts to secure a divorce in...  Read More >>

Great tragedy based on Plutarch's account of the lives of Brutus, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Evil plotting,...  Read More >>

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We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs such as government involvement...  Read More >>

We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs such as government involvement...  Read More >>

We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs such as government involvement...  Read More >>

""The Tragedy of Earl Zavier"" is written in Shakespearean styled 'blank verse'. It incorporates elements of Othello,...  Read More >>

Kate, Sam and Pete are stuck. The town they live in doesn’t have much going on. But they don’t really care about...  Read More >>